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| Ted Nugent remembers the "Summer of Love" |
| 2007-07-05 |
| This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the so-called Summer of Love. Honest and intelligent people will remember it for what it really was: the Summer of Drugs. Forty years ago hordes of stoned, dirty, stinky hippies converged on San Francisco to "turn on, tune in, and drop out," which was the calling card of LSD proponent Timothy Leary. Turned off by the work ethic and productive American Dream values of their parents, hippies instead opted for a cowardly, irresponsible lifestyle of random sex, life-destroying drugs and mostly soulless rock music that flourished in San Francisco. The Summer of Drugs climaxed with the Monterey Pop Festival which included some truly virtuoso musical talents such as Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, both of whom would be dead a couple of years later due to drug abuse. Other musical geniuses such as Jim Morrison and Mama Cass would also be dead due to drugs within a few short years. The bodies of chemical-infested, brain-dead liberal deniers continue to stack up like cordwood. . . . There is a saying that if you can remember the 1960s, you were not there. I was there and remember the decade in vivid, ugly detail. I remember its toxic underbelly excess because I was caught in the vortex of the music revolution that was sweeping the country, and because my radar was fine-tuned thanks to a clean and sober lifestyle. Death due to drugs and the social carnage heaped upon America by hippies is nothing to celebrate. That is a fool's game, but it is quite apparent some burned-out hippies never learn. Ted Nuggent, the "Motor City Madman," is the composer of "Wango Tango," "Terminus El Dorado," and "Cat Scratch Fever," and a better guitarist than Hendrix and day. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #13 If you remember the 60s, you weren't there. Nuff said. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-07-05 22:30 |
| #12 Penguin, the Nuge admits that he skirted the draft, not by going to Canada but by going to his draft physical reaking of feces and not bathing for a couple weeks - it's in his book. No better or worse than Hendrix who got booted out of the 101st for claiming homosexual tendencies in the early 60s. I've been playing guitar for about 20 yrs and grew up a lil' down the road from "Amboy" street & Ted's old neighborhood. Where I'm from - Ted's an icon. My point, comparing guitar players is like comparing actors, ultimately who cares, all comes down to taste. Imho - Hendrix's debut was earth shattering no-doubt. Axis was fairly disapointing to me (I know what sacrilege to talk bad about Jimi) and Electric Lady Land was okay. Hendrix had the one colossal debut that changed everything and some great live stuff. I think his other couple albums are a little over rated & might bit incoherent. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2007-07-05 22:22 |
| #11 Ya gotta love a Gun-loving, Carnivous, Axe-Wielding, Environmentalist! |
| Posted by: doc 2007-07-05 22:09 |
| #10 Haven't heard about Ted for a long time until I heard his song Kiss My Glock (YouTube). |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2007-07-05 18:01 |
| #9 #8 Mike, ya' mean Nugent is still composing, while Hendrix is de-composing? :-D *ducks, runs* |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-07-05 17:53 |
| #8 Why did I describe Nugent as "better than Hendrix"? For one, I've always thought Hendrix' sound was just too drugged-out. (Nugent's no Mark Knopfler, but at least he's more or less grounded in reality.) Also, seeing as Hendrix died by his own stupidity, he's no longer playing guitar or doing much of anything. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-07-05 17:35 |
| #7 He's not (and never was) "better than Hendrix" when it comes to playing guitar, but he's had his moments. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2007-07-05 15:22 |
| #6 The epitaph of the Baby Boomer generation will be, "We tried to destroy the American way of life, and almost succeeded." |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-07-05 14:29 |
| #5 Why wax nostalgic for brain-altered, pan handling and intoxicated sex with someone who has railroad tracks up all four limbs and smells like a broiling dumpster? San Fransisco still has the Tenderloin District. Come visit. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-05 14:11 |
| #4 He was born in 1948. Why wasn't he serving his country in 1968? |
| Posted by: Penguin 2007-07-05 13:51 |
| #3 I visited the Haight-Ashbury area in March of '67, and the experience made my skin crawl. I've been a Conscientious Objector to the Sexual/Drug/What Have You Revolution ever since. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-07-05 13:09 |
| #2 Better than Hendrix? |
| Posted by: doc 2007-07-05 09:04 |
| #1 Needed to be said. America is still trying to recover from the 60's OD. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-07-05 07:28 |